Word: deferments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Mansfield declared that the time had come for Congress to defer major new legislation until it could examine the many complex, expensive programs already enacted. He said roughly the same thing last year-and was largely ignored. This year, because they reflect the current mood of Congress so well, his remarks were greeted as a bellwether. "It occurs to me," said Mansfield in a letter to 17 committee chairmen, "that the next Congress will see the convergence of a unique opportunity with a great need for a concentrated Senate exercise of the oversight function. I would hope...
This new resolution, in contrast to the old, does not limit itself to student deferments, but also attacks deferments for teachers. A number of junior Faculty members, primarily from the Economics Department, are responsible for this addition, Rawls said. They felt it was unfair to criticize only student deferments when local draft boards rely on much the same logic to defer teachers...
...volunteers would go into the draft pool, but only for two years. Anyone not called between 18 and 20 would then be free. Details, like how to choose within the pool -- whether to defer students or have a lottery -- could be settled by whoever wanted to settle them...
...case of the schools, the Gov ernment for a long time accepted local assurances of desegregation, only this year began asking evidence of "substantial progress." Even then, it was content merely to defer aid to transgressors; but when Southern Congress men blocked that option by getting legislation passed limiting deferments to 60 days, the Government had no choice but to push for outright fund cutoffs...
...University will defer a decision on barring the game from the Stadium until attempts can be made to work out a compromise solution with Boston and Cambrige...